A man has died weeks after he was stabbed in south-west London, police have said. The Metropolitan Police has now named the victim as Omarkafi Sahal, 28, and a murder investigation is under way.

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The blast happened in Violet Close, in the Benwell and Elswick area of the city, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.